Before I even woke.

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I had two pieces cut, but one of them was... off.  For the shelving, done yesterday.  None of my tools seemed to be working for a third cut of the material yesterday.  With the blades I bought yesterday, and yet a great deal of effort, I got the final cut this morning.  Most metal is soft, this was not.  It must have been hardened.  I remind, I tried the angle grinder on it yesterday... before seeing the folly in that... and only nicked it.  The grinder hadn't even cut clean through.  I used a blade in the sawsall that is supposed to be for harder metal.  It was a beast even so, I think the blade is a ruin as well.  But, done.  Then I arranged those pieces on the wall, got one drilled in, which was a beast as well.  It's like they used iron wood in there.  I ended up having to drill a smaller starter hole, then a larger one.  Even then the screws were a beast to get in.  Never mind.  The shelving is up.  Now I simply have to figure out how to dismantle the floor shelving structure, poor as it is, and either unbolt or saw off the parts I need.  Well... then figure out how to attach those to the shelving mounts.

Still, I got so much more done already today than what I accomplished on the whole of yesterday, and before waking, or even breakfast!  I did get a few sips of coffee in while working.  That helps.  Hmm, breakfast, then some more work, then out for a hike.  Same path.  Not sure I expect as much today, but I'll do the same as before, the same as I will be doing from now on... one foot in front of the other, and so on, until I have gone a bit past my reserves, and then some more, and some more, until there is no more... then return.  And as at much of a pace as I can maintain.  I hope to make it as far as Monday, and more.  I just don't know.  Then again, I hear no thunder.  It is cloudy, it might well rain.  Those things I can handle.  Having bones shaken by thunder not a thousand, more like 600, yards above... sort of changes plans.

No, I did not lift last night.  If I want to try to keep up, I'll have to do that tonight.  Not sure I can keep up with the plans, but will aim for that.  Much of what I am doing in the cave is physical.  While drilling, keeping parts level, and... all that... doesn't seem physical, trying to get a 6'5" guy into a 4' by 2' area, bent and twisted, while using heavy drills, keeping balance, and having almost no wiggle room or space to even adjust the feet, or trying to check a level that is jerryrigged to start and precariously so, over and over, is a workout.  I think the hard part is finished.  If I have to do any cutting, I will grab the grinder, go outside, and have at it with absolute abandon.  I'm tired of negotiating.  If need be, and I destroy things, I'll just figure something else out.  Damned crap anyway!

Hmm... after breakfast and a short break, I'll begin extricating the shelving.  If that goes smoothly, and I can figure out a mounting process, I'll then head for a hike, and perhaps any additional hardware I may need.  Always more, isn't there?  Always.  Thankfully, I planned on heading to town anyway.  I'm on it, Chief.  Wait!  I AM Chief.  Chief, brave, cook, cleaner, camp drunk, you name it.  A veritable one man disaster.  Yum!  Yeah, well, whatever.  I'm on it.  Later.